BOTSWANA LOOKS TO LIFTING OF EU BEEF EXPORT BAN
February 1st, 2012
BY ANDREW MARAMWIDZE, IN GABARONE
THE BOTSWANA government claims it is fulfilling demands made by the European Union (EU) to improve livestock disease controls in the face of foot and mouth disease outbreaks, and hopes an EU beef import ban will soon be lifted. The European Commission sent inspectors to assess Botswana animal disease controls last year and demanded improvements, or the beef export ban on the southern African country would continue. These have been made, Botswana Meat Commission chief executive Dr David Falepau told the Meat Trades Journal: ...
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